Imlay, Nevada
Thunder Mountain Monument
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."
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Imlay, Nevada
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.
West Glacier, Montana
Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.
Tempe, Arizona
A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.
Reno, Nevada
This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.
Reno, Nevada
The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.
Litchfield, California
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Eureka, Nevada
The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.
Los Angeles, California
The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.
Santa Monica, California
A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.
Los Angeles, California
Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.
Santa Monica, California
A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”
Topanga, California
You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?
Santa Monica, California
"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."
Los Angeles, California
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.